Floor plan for recreational vehicle

Abstract

Recreational Vehicle (RV) are usually a trailer or a bus size vehicle used for camping or traveling, that is fully self contained, and contains all the amenities like a home, such as kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, shower, and living room etc. However due to DMV restrictions, those vehicles can't be wider than a certain size, usually 8 feet. Another reason for the width limitation is for the safety of the transporter(s) and traffic. If the vehicle is too wide it makes it unsafe and hard to maneuver. That is the reason coach and RV manufacturers try to produce an 8 feet wide RV that expands, so the extra space when parked gives more living area. The invention hereof offers an alternative way to double the available living space by having a floor plan feature counter-double slide out which enable us to provide a more spacious and free flowing transportable dwelling unit, which maximizes the consumers ability to have the extras that the conventional Slide-out arrangement doesn't offer.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a recreational vehicles.[0002] Slide-out rooms are the most popular way to expand coaches and Recreational Vehicles (RV). The most common way of coach expansion is a one side slide out like U.S. Pat. 6,048,016 to Futrell et al. or U.S. Pat. 5,237,782 to Cooper, or U.S. Pat. 5,894,698 to Dewald Jr. et al.[0003] Another popular room expansion is a rear room expansion, like U.S. Pat. 5,628,541 to Gardner. And U.S. Pat. 4,103,462 to Freller.[0004] Another known way to expand the coach is the Pop-up camper arrangement, like U.S. Pat. 5,971,471 to Gardner, which combine a tent on both sides of the coach, and a sideways slide-out.[0005] None of the above inventions can efficiently slide out two opposite direction while increasing the floor space. We define efficiency by not taking the furniture or sacrificing other room space, such as kitchen space etc.[0006] None of the above conventional trailers offers a full trailer size slide-out, rather they offer a pa...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] The invention hereof offers an alternative way to double the available living space by having a floor plan feature counter-double slide out which enable us to provide a more spacious and free flowing transportable dwelling unit, which maximizes the consumers ability to have the extras that the conventional Slide-out arrangement doesn't offer.

Problems solved by technology

None of the above inventions can efficiently slide out two opposite direction while increasing the floor space.

In addition, this arrangement limits the use of wall and ceiling mounted fixtures like ceiling fan and cabinets, etc.

Another drawback of this arrangement is the difficulty in maintaining structural integrity for this kind of mobile vehicle due to the vibration from bad road conditions.

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